Water ski



May 21,1929. A HECHOLA 1,714,352

WATER sKIl,

Filed Oct. 1'7, 1927 n n n u l ii Patented May 21, 1929..`

UNITED STATES PATENT oEFiCE.

WATER SKI.

Application fil-ed October 17, 1927. Serial No. 2263693. y

This invention relates to certain novel im-y provements in water shi and has for its principal object the provision of an improved construction of this character which will be highly-efficient in use and economical in man- .ifacture. Among the several objects of the invention is to provide a water ski having associated therewith mechanism facilitating manual propelling and prevent back lash of the legs and ski during propellation.

Other objects will appear hereinafter. The invention consists in the novel conibination and arrangement of parts to be hereinafter described and claimed.

The invention will be best understood by reference to the accompanying drawings, showing the vpreferred form of construction and in which:

Fig. 1 is a typical side elevational view of the invention;

Fig. 2 is a bottom plan view of the same;

Fig. 3 is a front end view of they same; and f Fig. 4 is a fragmentary sectional detail view taken substantially on line 4-4 of Fig. 3. y In the drawing 10 indicates a body float formed of buoyant material which Vwill partially .subnicrge when in water. The body has formed therein a foot hole 11 into which the foot of the operator is adapted to be placed. The bottom 12 of the body has formed therein a longitudinal recess or groove 13 and arranged in this groove in spaced relation with respect to each other are blades 14. These blades 14 each provide a head 15, pivotally supported by a pin 16 carried by the body 10. The head has an extended portion 17 at the forward side of the blade which engages the bottom to prevent forward pivotal movement of the blade.

In use the footis arranged in the foot hole 11 and when backward pressure is manually imparted to the foot, as in a pushing action, the blades will function to prevent backward movement of the body 10 but will perm-it the body 10 to move forwardly with the foot thereby allowing the user or operator to move over the water. V50

lVhile I have illustrated and described the preferred form of construction for carrying my invention Ainto effect, this is capable of variation and modification, without departing from the spirit of the inventoin. I, therefore, do not wish to be limited to the precise details of construction set forth, but desire to avail myself of such variations and modifications as come within the scope of the appended claim. Y

Having thus described my invention what I claim as new and desire to protect by Letters Patent is:

A water ski comprising a body member providing a ioat and having a ypointed front end portion and including a portion extending from the bottom thereof so as to terminate in said pointed end, the rearportion of said body being rounded, said body having a recess extending longitudinally thereof on the lower side fromsaid portion extending vto said pointed end and terminating in said rounded portion at the rear of said body, pin members carried 1n said body extending transversely of said recess, paddle members pivotally mounted on said pin members including projecting portions adapted to engage the inner wall of said recess to limit the movement of said paddle members aboutsaid pin members whereby to hold said padk dle members in a substantially vertical position, said paddle members including rounded portions opposite said projecting portions adapted to permit said paddle members to bc pivoted about said pin members in a direction opposite to that limited lby said projecting portions. p

In testimony whereof I atlix my signature.

ARNOLD H. ECHOLAQ 

